The month of December is almost behind us, and it is time to announce the random winner of the gift certificate and some of my personal favourites. This month was all about drawing or doodling on your card. The cards below are my personal favourites, in no particular order, although I really like the first one:

my December Daily.A what? A december daily is a diary about the first 25 days of december until Christmas. The idea is that by keeping that diary you experience the mounth of december more intense bij making a page each day. You can do that in whatever way you choose.There is lots of inspiration on Pinterest.I used Art Journey stamps for the cover: Noel

A new month has started, and so has a new Art Journey challenge. It is our 75th challenge!

This month it is my turn to host the challenge and I (Ellen) chose

Draw or doodle

I would like to see artwork with some drawing, doodling or tangling on it. You can make a complete drawing, or just add some simple lines to your work, as long as it is hand drawn. And of course we want to see Art Journey stamps on your artwork.

You have until 28th december to join this challenge. From all participants one winner will be randomly selected to win a 10 euros gift certificate to spend at the Art Journey webshop.

To win this you are required to use mainly Art Journey stamps and of course follow the theme. Put your new creation on your blog or Flickr and mention the Art Journey challenge. Leave a direct link to your blogpost or Flickr photo in "Add your link" at the bottom of this post. Please do not link to work you posted before December 1st.

Sorry that I'm late with announcing the winner and favorites of the 74th Art Journey Challenge with the theme Nature. There have been lots off beautiful entries: here on the blog as on our new Art Journey Challenge Facebook page.If your not (yet) a member of this Facebook Group: we would love to welcome you there. No obligations to join the challenges, just see what others make and maybe that will inspire you one day.

I must confess that this page wasn't white to start with. I had used it as a waste paper during gelliprinting so there was some color and pattern to start with. I finished of the page with some teal and blue paint.

Front of my cards, my girlfriends and I numbered them so even if we are not together we can tell each other which numbers to draw and then we can work on the same prompts together comparing results later.

Back of my cards, no they are not very neat or tidy, I really don't mind or care and use them a lot.

At the moment I am hooked on working with 10 prompt cards. For those who don't know what prompt cards are I will explain.You make a pile of little cards (it doesn't matter what you use, I used old ATC cards, other people use index cards etc etc. ) and all kind of tasks ( for instance: use your fingers to apply acrylic paint; use a template; spray ink; use red and purple, ect. ect.)When you are ready to use the cards you draw randomly 10 cards out of your pile without looking at the back.You pick up the first card, read the back and start with the first prompt without knowing what will be the next. If you are ready, you read number 2 and so on till your finished and then you can finish the page with some finishing touches. This is so much fun especially when you are with your stamping buddies, just all do the same prompts and compare the results, you will be amazed.

Onderstaande pagina kwam tot stand met de volgende opdrachten:The page below is the result of the following prompts:

I hope I have inspired you to give it a go, this is really great if your stuck of if you have know idea to do with your blank page. Or maybe the Art Journal page above inspires you to take part in this months Art Journey challenge with the theme: Nature

It's perfect weather to lock myself into my stamproom.This is what I created, another Christmascard.Simple to make!I used a gelliplate background that I made a while ago. I stamped with some background stamps in a matching color. Then I goldembossed the Christmas ornaments, a bow and a thread and finished!

A few weeks ago I bought a M.I.S.T.I. This stampingtool allows you to stamp multiple times at one place. Especially great if you want to stamp on watercolor paper. The tree and the words are stamped this way. More inspiration for our Nature Challenge.

It's November, and time to start the 74th Art Journey Challenge. This month I, Louise, chose the theme. It's all about your interpretation of the theme Nature

You've got till November 28th to join in .

Then one participant will be randomly selected for a 10 euro’s gift certificate to shop at Art Journey! To win this gift certificate you are required to use mainly Art Journey Stamps. Put your new creation on your blog or Flickr (with a link to the challenge post on this blog) and leave a direct link to your blogpost in the 'Add your Link'. Please don’t include links to work that has been posted prior to the first day of the challenge.